Word Study
drool
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun drool has 2 senses
- drool(n = noun.communication) baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing; Array is a kind of bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
- drool(n = noun.body) dribble, drivel, slobber - saliva spilling from the mouth; Array is a kind of saliva, spit, spittle
Derived form verb drool2
Verb drool has 2 senses
- drool(v = verb.emotion) salivate - be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated" is one way to covet
- drool(v = verb.body) dribble, drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber - let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" is one way to salivate
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue drool over the results of the experiment
Derived forms noun drool2, noun drooler1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
drool, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 drivel; slobber.
2 (often foll. by over) show much pleasure or infatuation.
--n. slobbering; drivelling.
--v.intr.
1 drivel; slobber.
2 (often foll. by over) show much pleasure or infatuation.
--n. slobbering; drivelling.
Etymology
contr. of drivel
THESAURUS
drool
absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, baloney, be insane, be stupid, bibble-babble, blabber, blather, blither, bombast, bull, bullshit, burble, bushwa, claptrap, dither, dote, double-talk, dribble, drivel, expectorate, expectoration, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, foam, folderol, froth, fudge, fustian, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gas, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gobbledygook, guff, have a demon, hawk, hocus-pocus, hot air, humbug, jabber, jargon, jazz, maunder, mouth-watering, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, pack of nonsense, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, ptyalism, rage, ramble, rant, rattle, rave, rhapsodize, rhapsody, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, run amok, run mad, saliva, salivate, salivation, sialagogue, skimble-skamble, slabber, slaver, slobber, spew, spit, spittle, sputum, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, talk nonsense, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vapor, vaporing, waffle, waffling, wander, waterROGET THESAURUS
drool
Ejection
VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.
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